Esquire magazine is apparently still a thing for fashionable gentlemen looking for advice on whatever it is they need advice for. I wouldn’t know, I am not a fashionable gentleman, and while I may not know my fancy timepieces , I know a thing or two about cars. In a recent post about the new Batman spinoff series on HBO Max, Esquire states that “The Penguin’s Maserati Is the Best Car on TV.
” That’s a bold claim, especially when the author can’t even identify the right Maserati. “The Penguin’s Maserati Quattroporte first debuted during the character’s car chase with the Caped Crusader in The Batman (2022) . Since the dark and gritty superhero film totaled Oz Cobb’s car in a fiery crash, it’s clear that HBO wanted to upgrade the Penguin’s ride for his solo series.
So they took a page from Barbie’s Maserati Grecale playbook and gave the Penguin a colorful luxury vehicle. The Maserati Quattroporte doesn’t come cheap, either. The Penguin’s ride starts at $139,000 for the basic model—and that’s before you add a custom paint job.
” According to The Batman Universe Wiki , The Penguin was driving a 2013 Quattroporte in the 2022 film’s epic car chase scene in the 2022. Though it’s hard to see the details, the Quattroporte was a pre-facelift model with a custom bodykit and purple wrap. However, The Penguin has not upgraded his car to a newer Quattroporte for the HBO series, but rather downgraded to the less expensive Ghibli.
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